Boris Vian
Facts
41 properties- Instance of
- human
- Date of birth
- March 10, 1920
- Date of death
- June 23, 1959, June 22, 1959[11]
- Place of birth
- Ville-d'Avray
- Place of death
- 7th arrondissement of Paris, Paris[10]
- Occupation
- poet, painter, translator, engineer, librettist, playwright, singer-songwriter, screenwriter, jazz musician, literary critic, music critic, prose writer, writer, singer, actor, journalist, musician, trumpeter, composer[19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28][29][30][31][32]
- Employer
- AFNOR, Philips Records[43][44]
- Field of work
- performing arts, music, drama, journalism, translation, acting, literary criticism, painting, literary activity, prose[33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42]
- Educated at
- Lycée Condorcet, Lycée Hoche, École Centrale Paris[45][46][47]
- Notable work
- Froth on the Daydream, I Spit on Your Graves, En avant la zizique… et par ici les gros sous, Tête de Méduse, Le Goûter des généraux, L'Équarrissage pour tous, Série blême (Vian), Le Chasseur français (Vian), Chroniques du menteur, Los forjadores de imperios, Fais-moi mal Johnny, Turmoil in the Swaths, Contes de fées à l'usage des moyennes personnes, Vercoquin and the Plankton, Le Loup-Garou (Vian), Heartsnatcher, The Red Grass, Autumn in Peking, Cantilènes en gelée, Cinémassacre, Écrits pornographiques, Le Ratichon baigneur, Manuel de Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Je voudrais pas crever, Les Lurettes fourrées, Le Chevalier de neige, Faut rigoler, Le Déserteur, La Java des bombes atomiques, Les Fourmis (Vian)
- Sibling
- Alain Vian
- Official website
- borisvian.org
- Cause of death
- myocardial infarction[59]
- Languages spoken, written or signed
- French
- Birth name
- Boris Endriu Vian
- Copyright representative
- SACEM
- Copyright status as a creator
- works protected by copyrights
- Discography
- Boris Vian discography[56]
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- Documentation files at
- SAPA Foundation, Swiss Archive of the Performing Arts
- Family name
- Vian
- Influenced by
- Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, Louis-Ferdinand Céline
- Manner of death
- natural causes
- Medical condition
- rheumatic fever, typhoid fever, pulmonary edema, aortic valve insufficiency
- Name in native language
- Boris Vian
- Named after
- Boris Godunov[55]
- Place of burial
- cimetière de Ville-d'Avray[12]
- Pseudonym
- Bison Ravi, Andy Blackshick, Xavier Clarke, S. Culape, Aimé Damour, Michel Delaroche, Joëlle Du Beausset, Gérard Dunoyer, Jules Dupont, Bison Duravi, Fanaton, Hugo Hachebuisson, Zéphirin Hanvélo, Onuphre Hirondelle, Amélie de Labmineuse, Odile Legrillon, Otto Link, Thomas Quan, Eugène Minoux, Gédéon Molle, Josèfe Pignerole, Adolphe Schmürz, Vernon Sullivan, Lydio Sincrazi, Anna Tof, Anna Tof de Raspail, Claude Varnier, Boriso Viana
- Said to be the same as
- Vernon Sullivan[58]
- Unmarried partner
- Hildegard Knef[57]
- ISNI
- 0000000120207357
- VIAF cluster ID
- 9983585
- Library of Congress Authorities ID
- n80034923
- GND ID
- 118626787
- Image (Wikimedia Commons)
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- 37227
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- AlloCiné person ID
- 36089
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- people/84002
- Article ID in the Lithuanian Universal Encyclopedia Online
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- 381 Myrrha
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- 32798
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- 9451
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- Letterboxd writer ID
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- Lex ID
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- 99818
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- n94201908
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- 000845164
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- vtls001106966
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- 000137784
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- KAC199628791
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- 000000425
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- 9810660840905606
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- 38983
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Summary
Boris Vian was born on March 10, 1920[1], in Ville-d'Avray[2]. He died on June 23, 1959[3], in 7th arrondissement of Paris[4]. He worked as a poet[5], painter[6], translator[7], engineer[8], and librettist[9].
Body
Works and Contributions
Things named for Boris Vian include 15382 Vian[60].
Why It Matters
Boris Vian has been cited as an influence by Dmitry Glukhovsky[61], a writer[62], b. 1979[63], of Soviet Union[64], specialised in literature[65] and Hubert-Félix Thiéfaine[66], a singer-songwriter[67], b. 1948[68], of France[69], awarded the Officer of Arts and Letters[70].
Works attributed to him include Froth on the Daydream[71], a literary work[72], founded in 1946[73]; I Spit on Your Graves[74], a written work[75]; Heartsnatcher[76], a literary work[77]; The Red Grass[78], a literary work[79]; Autumn in Peking[80], a written work[81]; and To Hell with the Ugly[82], a written work[83]. Entities named for him include 15382 Vian[60].
FAQs
Where was Boris Vian born?
Boris Vian was born in Ville-d'Avray[2].
Where did Boris Vian die?
Boris Vian died in 7th arrondissement of Paris[4].
Who was Boris Vian married to?
Boris Vian's spouses include Michelle Vian[13] and Ursula Kübler[14].
What did Boris Vian do for work?
Boris Vian worked as a poet[5], painter[6], translator[7], engineer[8], and librettist[9].
Where did Boris Vian go to school?
Boris Vian was educated at Lycée Condorcet[45], Lycée Hoche[46], and École Centrale Paris[47].
What awards did Boris Vian receive?
Honors received include Ordre de la Grande Gidouille[48] and Satrape du Collège de 'Pataphysique[49].
Who did Boris Vian influence?
Boris Vian has been cited as an influence by Dmitry Glukhovsky[61] and Hubert-Félix Thiéfaine[66].